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Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

Registration of information - Marriages and civil unions - Notification of marriage or civil union in New Zealand

54: Registering officer of Society of Friends or exempt religious body must provide marriage form to Registrar-General

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"Religious marriage forms must be sent to the Registrar-General"

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You are getting married in a Society of Friends or an exempt religious body ceremony. You and your partner must fill out a marriage form after the ceremony. You must sign the form with two witnesses. You give one form to the registering officer of your religious group. The registering officer must send the form to the Registrar-General as soon as possible. The Registrar-General is in charge of keeping marriage records. The rules for filling out the form are in the Marriage Act 1955, which you can find on the New Zealand legislation website and section 24 of the Marriage Act 1955.

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Marriages and civil unions: Notification of marriage or civil union in New Zealand

54Registering officer of Society of Friends or exempt religious body must provide marriage form to Registrar-General

  1. This section applies to a marriage solemnised in accordance with—

  2. the marriage regulations of the religious Society of Friends (commonly called Quakers); or
    1. the rules and procedures of an exempt religious body (as defined in section 32A(5) of the Marriage Act 1955).

      1. Each party to the marriage must, immediately after the solemnisation,—

      2. enter on both forms provided with the licence for the marriage under section 24 of the Marriage Act 1955 the information required by regulations; and
        1. ensure that both forms are signed by each party to the marriage and 2 witnesses to the solemnisation; and
          1. ensure that 1 form is provided to the registering officer of the Society of Friends or, as the case may require, the registering officer of the exempt religious body.

            1. A registering officer of the Society of Friends or of an exempt religious body who receives a form under subsection (2)(c) must provide the form to the Registrar-General as soon as practicable after receiving it.

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